Children of Faith

Whatever happened to those old school see-saws? I understand upgrading parks and playground equipment, but we completely did away with most of the really fun stuff. LOL At the same time, I saw a merry-go-round at an old park in Texas and it was frightening...I just kept thinking, please don't throw my kids off or fall off and spin out of control into a fence. hahahahhahahahaha I never had that fear as a kid, I just enjoyed the moment.


Living in the moment is something we do A LOT. As adults we do it in a different way. Instead of being care-free and trusting (like children) we are more careful (not a bad thing). We don't jump off the swings anymore, we dive in the deep end and not in the shallow end....haha BUT in our responses to other people and to their differences to us, sometimes we are off-the-cuff and react hastily. We throw all the careful, intentional action out the window and we just SAY it. Whatever is on our mind.


I imagine that used to do less damage. However, we live in an online, social media society.  When we shoot off more than just our closest family sees it.  There's really no limit to the impact we can have in just an instant.  I can't stand Facebook posts that SHOUT AS LOUD AS THEY CAN, "Hey, I'm a Christian and I live BOLD and BLUNT and I'm not ASHAMED! I think this and I vote this and I know this, get on my page!!"  Don't get me wrong, we should be bold, but the boldness that comes from the Lord brings with it peace, and love, and gentleness.  Jesus never ran into the face of an unbeliever screaming and condemning and intimidating them.  He sat with them, he joined them for dinner....He loved on them.


If our words don't love on the world, why would they ever join Jesus? We are the only Jesus they see and so much of the time we fail miserably at even catching a glimpse of Him.


What if....we allowed ourselves to just enjoy His love? Enjoy the moment. Trust that He will bring breakthrough, that it's not our job.  We don't need to hammer people.... We don't need to thrust truth into the face of our community as though we are desperate and it's our last shot.  God has this. He knows His timing....we don't. So c'mon Church...chill out. Love people. Build them up. Lead them to their destiny in God the way Jesus led his disciples.  That's what the world needs, that's what they're searching for - HIM.


Being a Christian means remaining a mix of child and adult. Never losing that child-like faith in Him, that child-like excitement, that child-like belief that every moment is His.  Being an adult really only comes into play when it comes to the numbers of people we reach... we have families, jobs, and roles in the community - We need to use the access being an adult brings us to spread our child-like, enjoying the moment faith with the world.


Let's love, Church. Let's focus on the growth we need, let's remember what He rescued us from...and let's just LOVE the world. God will do the rest. Amen!?


"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance" (1 Corinthians 13:4-7).